The origins of African society -- Africa and the ancient civilizations of the Near East and the Mediterranean -- The development of states and trade in the Sudan -- The development of states and trade in Guinea -- States and trade in North-East and Bantu Africa -- The rise of Islam and the Arab empire in North Africa -- The Muslim states and empires of North Africa -- The advance of Islam in West Africa -- The beginnings of European enterprise in Africa -- The first stage of the impact of world trade on tropical Africa: the export slave trade -- West Africa during the slave trade era -- Bantu Africa, c. 1600 to c. 1870 -- The expansion of European power during the nineteenth century, 1: general considerations; West Africa -- The expansion of European power during the nineteenth century, 2: South, East and North Africa -- The colonial period, 1: policies in general and colonies of exploitation in particular -- The colonial period, 2: colonies of settlement -- Independence resumed -- Independent Africa

The origins of African society -- Africa and the ancient civilizations of the Near East and the Mediterranean -- The development of states and trade in the Sudan -- The development of states and trade in Guinea -- States and trade in North-East and Bantu Africa -- The rise of Islam and the Arab empire in North Africa -- The Muslim states and empires of North Africa -- The advance of Islam in West Africa -- The beginnings of European enterprise in Africa -- The first stage of the impact of world trade on tropical Africa: the export slave trade -- West Africa during the slave trade era -- Bantu Africa, c. 1600 to c. 1870 -- The expansion of European power during the nineteenth century, 1: general considerations; West Africa -- The expansion of European power during the nineteenth century, 2: South, East and North Africa -- The colonial period, 1: policies in general and colonies of exploitation in particular -- The colonial period, 2: colonies of settlement -- Independence resumed -- Independent Africa